Nature Journaling Bibliography

NATURE JOURNALING BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library

World Wide Web	Lending Books	Children's Books
Reference Books	Audio/Visual	Additional Sources

WORLD WIDE WEB

Diamonds in the Rough

http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/conmag/1997/07/3.html

An article on Nature Journaling from Conservation Magazine’s July 1997 issue.

Introduction to Nature Journal Writing

http://www.gen.umn.edu/faculty_staff/hatch/1133/field_journ.html

An overview of what to enter, a sample journal entry, and helpful tips are included.

The Naturalist’s Notebook

http://www.ifdn.com/natnote/natnote.htm

A regular publication of the Irving Nature Park in New Brunswick.

Nature Journal Writing

http://www.cate.uoregon.edu/applepie/s.watch/n.j.html

A quick description of a field sketching session at the University of Oregon. Links to sample pages.

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LENDING BOOKS

Carroll, David M. The Year of the Turtle: A Natural History. Charlotte, VT: Camden House, 1991. Pub QL666 .C5 C37 1991.

Coulombe, Deborah A. The Seaside Naturalist: A Guide to Study at the Seashore. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Pub QH95.7 .C68 1992.

Durrell, Gerald Malcolm. A Practical Guide for the Amateur Naturalist. London: H. Hamilton, 1982. Pub QH51 .D87 1983.

Heinrich, Bernd. A Year in the Maine Woods. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1994. Pub F26 .H45 1994.

Hinchman, Hannah. A Life in Hand: Creating the Illuminated Journal. Not yet cataloged.

Katz, Cathie. Nature a Day at a Time: An Uncommon Look at Common Wildlife. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 2000. Pub QH82 .K38 2000.

Leslie, Clare Walker and Charles E. Roth. Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You. Not yet cataloged.

Loewer, H. Peter. A Year of Flowers. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1989. Pub SB405 .L83 1989.

Muir, John. The Wilderness World of John Muir. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. Pub & Main PS2447 .M5 A13 1954.

Terwilliger, Elizabeth. Sights and Sounds of the Seasons. Tiburon, CA: Elizabeth Terwilliger Nature Education Foundation, 1979. Pub QH105 .C2 T47 1979.

Tufts, Craig. The Backyard Naturalist. Washington, D.C.: National Wildlife Federation, 1988. Biodiv QL59 .T84 1988.

Waldbauer, Gilbert. Insects Through the Seasons. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. Biodiv QL496 .W34 1996.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Arnosky, Jim. Secrets of a Wildlife Watcher. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1983. Pub Juv QH48 .B5613 1983.

Arnosky, Jim. Sketching Outdoors in Autumn. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1988.Pub Juv NC825 .O88 A74 1988.

Arnosky, Jim. Sketching Outdoors in Spring. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1987. Pub Juv NC825 .O88 A76 1987.

Arnosky, Jim. Sketching Outdoors in Summer. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1988. Pub Juv NC825 .O88 A78 1988.

Arnosky, Jim. Sketching Outdoors in Winter. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1988. Pub Juv NC735 .A76 1988.

Björk, Christina. Linnea’s Almanac. New York: R & S Books, 1989. Pub Juv QH48 .B5613 1989.

Bonners, Susan. A Penguin Year. New York: Dell, 1989. Pub Juv QL696 .S473 B66 1989.

Hatch, Judy. The Dragonfly of Lookout Mountain. Mount Shasta, CA: Earth Heart, 1996. Pub Juv QL520 .H383 1996.

Lee, Todd. The Snoring Log Mystery: Wilderness Adventures of a Young Naturalist. Vancouver: Polestar Book Publishers, 1993. Pub Juv PZ10.3 .L43 1993.

Lerner, Carol. A Forest Year. New York: Morrow, 1987. Pub Juv QH541.5 .F6 L44 1987.

Maynard, Christopher. Why Do Seasons Change?: Questions Children Ask about Time and Seasons. New York: DK, 1997. Pub Juv QB209.5 .M39 1997.

Mitchell, Andrew. TheYoung Naturalist. Tulsa, OK: EDC Publishing, 1989. Pub Juv QH48 .M57 1989.

Paul, Ann Whitford. The Seasons Sewn: A Year in Patchwork. San Diego: Browndeer Press, 1996. Pub Juv TT835 .P387 1996.

Provensen, Alice. The Year at Maple Hill Farm. New York: Aladdin Books, 1988. Pub Juv SF75.5 .P76 1988.

Russo, Monica. The Insect Almanac: A Year-Round Activity Guide. New York: Sterling Pub., 1992. Pub Juv QL467.2 .R87 1992.

Rylant, Cynthia. This Year’s Garden. New York: Aladdin Books, 1987. Pub Juv PZ7 .R982 TH 1987.

Schnieper, Claudia. On the Trail of the Fox. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 1986. Pub Juv QL737 .C22 S3513 1986.

Whitfield, Philip. Why Do the Seasons Change?: Questions on Nature’s Rhythms and Cycles. New York, Viking Kestrel, 1987. Pub Juv QH527 .W48 1987.

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REFERENCE BOOKS

Abbott, Charles C. A Naturalist's Rambles About Home. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1884. Main QL81 .A2 1884.

Anderson, Walt. The Sutter Buttes: A Naturalist's View. Chico, CA: Natural Selection, 1983. REF Wild California QH105 .C2 A63 1983.

Bates, Henry Walter. The Naturalist on the River Amazon. London: J. M. Dent; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1910. Main QH111 .B385 1930.

Brown, Vinson. The Amateur Naturalist's Handbook. New York, Bramhall House, 1948. Main QH53 .B785 1948b.

Bulloch, David K. The Underwater Naturalist. New York: Lyons & Burford, 1991. SA QH91 .B78 1991.

Congdon, Russell Thompson. Our Beautiful Western Birds: Observations of a Naturalist. New York: Exposition Press, 1954. M&O QL683 .W4 C65.

Cowles, Raymond B. Zulu Journal: Field Notes of a Naturalist in South Africa. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1959. Main QL337 .N3 C6 1959.

Darwin, Charles. Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1908. Main QH11 .D2 1912.

Davis, John William. The Bird Year: A Book For Birders with Special Reference to the Monterey Bay Area. Pacific Grove, CA: Boxwood Press, 1980. Main & M&O QL684.C2 D38 1980.

Dickinson, Terence. Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 1998. M.P. QB64 .D533 1998

Forbes, Henry Ogg. A Naturalist's Wanderings in The Eastern Archipelago: A Narrative of Travel and Exploration From 1878 To 1883. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. Main DS619 .F69 1885.

Gadow, Hans. Through Southern Mexico, Being an Account of the Travels of a Naturalist. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1908. Herp F1215 .G3 1908.

Gosse, Philip Henry. A Year at the Shore. London: A. Strahan, 1865. Main QL122 .G6 1865.

Graustein, Jeannette E. Thomas Nuttall, Naturalist: Explorations in America, 1808-1841. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1967. Bot QH31 .N8 G77 1967.

Herman, Steven G. The Naturalist's Field Journal. Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1986. Main REF QH318.5 .H48 1986.

Jaeger, Edmund Carroll. A Naturalist's Death Valley. San Bernardino, CA: Inland Printing & Engraving Co., 1964. Main QH104.5 .D4 J33 1964.

Longstaff, George Blundell. Butterfly-Hunting in Many Lands: Notes of a Field Naturalist. New York: Green & Co., 1912. Ent QL544 .L65.

Lumholtz, Carl. New Trails in Mexico: An Account of One Year's Exploration in North-Western Sonora, Mexico, and South-Western Arizona, 1909-1910. New York: Scribner, 1912. Main F1346 .L95 1912.

McCook, Henry Christopher. Tenants of an Old Farm: Leaves From the Note-Book of a Naturalist. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1885. Ent QL467 .M12.

Moore, Patrick. The Observer's Year: 366 Nights of the Universe. New York: Springer, 1998. M.P. QB63 .M653 1998.

Muir, John. The Writings of John Muir. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. Main PS2447 .M5 A1 1916.

Neely, William L. A Yosemite Naturalist’s Odyssey: Journals and Drawings. Mariposa, CA: Jerseydale Ranch Press, 1994. Main QH31.N43 A3 1994.

Peterson, Roger Tory. Wild America: The Record of a 30,000 Mile Journey Around the Continent by a Distinguished Naturalist and His British Colleague. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. Main QH102 .P47 1955.

Raymo, Chet. 365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1982. REF QB64 .R38 1982.

Reilly, Edgar M. The Bird Watcher's Diary. New York: Harper & Row, 1987. M&O QL677.5 .R45 1987.

Roth, Charles Edmund. The Wildlife Observer's Guidebook. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1982. Main QL60 .R67 1982.

Seton, Ernest Thompson. Trail of an Artist-Naturalist: The Autobiography of Ernest Thompson Seton. New York: Arno Press, 1978. Main QH31.S48 A3 1978.

Skues, G. E. M. Silk, Fur and Feather: The Trout-Fly Dresser's Year. Kent: The Fishing Gazette, 1950. Ent SH687 .S44 1950

Sowerby, Arthur de Carle. A Naturalist's Note-Book in China. Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald, 1925. Main & Ichthy QH181 .S73 1925.

Teale, Edwin Way. The Lost Woods, Adventures of a Naturalist. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945. Main QH104 .T43 1945.

Thomson, George Malcolm. A New Zealand Naturalist's Calendar and Notes by the Wayside. Dunedin, R.J. Stark, 1909. Main & Bot QH197.5 .T48.

Wauer, Roland H. Naturalist's Big Bend: An Introduction to the Trees and Shrubs, Wildflowers, Cacti, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians, Fish, and Insects. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1980. Bot QL207 .W38 1980.

Whitney, Stephen. A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to the Sierra Nevada. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1979. Bot QH104.5 .S54 W45 1979.

Yeomans, Donald K. The Comet Halley Handbook: An Observer's Guide. Pasadena, CA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calif. Institute of Technology, 1981. M.P. QB723 .H2 Y46 1981.

Yonge, C. M. A Year On the Great Barrier Reef: The Story of Corals & of the Greatest of Their Creations. London; New York: Putnam,1931. Main QE566 .G7 Y65 1931.

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AUDIO/VISUAL

An Animal Year. NY: DK Vision, 1997. 1 videocassette (30 min.) Pub QL753 .A54 1997.

Raccoons and Ripe Corn. Lincoln, NB: GPN, 1991. Biodiv QH48 .R32 1991.

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ADDITIONAL SOURCES

Field Guides. The Academy Library has a wide range of field guides. Information in the introduction often describes observation and recording techniques. Some suggestioned resources for the San Francisco Bay area and elsewhere in California are listed below.

Brusca, Gary J. A Naturalist's Seashore Guide: Common Marine Life Of The Northern California Coast And Adjacent Shores. Eureka, CA: Mad River Press, 1979. REF Wild California QH91.5 .B75 1978.

Clark, Jeanne L. California Wildlife Viewing. Helena, MT: Falcon Press, 1992. Biodiv REF QL164 .C58 1992; REF Wild California QL164 .C58 1992.

Garber, Steven D. The Urban Naturalist. New York: Wiley, c1987. Biodiv REF QH541.5 .C6 G37 1987.

Geary, Ida. Marin Trails: A Natural History Guide to Marin County. Fairfax, CA: The Travel Land Press, 1969. REF Wild California QH105 .C2 G43 1969.

McMillon, Bill. Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year. Golden, CO: Fulcrum, 1995. REF Wild California. QH105 .C2 M36 1995.

Sanborn, Sherburn R. The Lizard-Watching Guide: The Common Lizards of Southern California's Mojave and Colorado Deserts. Glen Ellen, CA: Sherby Sanborn Nature Photography, 1994. Pub QL666 .L2 S26 1994.

San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Wildlife Viewing Guide. San Francisco: San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 1990. Main & REF Wild California QH541.5 .M3 S32 1990.

Stallcup, Rich. Ocean Birds of the Nearshore Pacific: A Guide for the Sea-Going Naturalist. Stinson Beach, CA: Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 1990. Pub QL683.P3 S72 1990; REF Wild California QL683.P3 S72 1990; M&O QL683.P3 S72 1990.

Stokes, Donald W. A Guide to Observing Insect Lives. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. REF QL496 .S86 1983.

Taber, Tom. Where to See Wildlife in California. San Mateo, CA: Oak Valley Press, 1983. REF Wild California QL164 .T32 1983.

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